Force harmony

Force harmony

Force harmony was alight sideForce power that allowed severalForce-users to join theirForce energies together in a pure and powerful manifestation of the light side. Bathing them in light side energies, the ability protected users fromdark side powers and couldsever opponents from the dark side entirely.Jedi KnightLuke Skywalker, histwinsister,Leia Organa Solo, and the unbornAnakin Solo used this ability to separate therebornEmperorPalpatine from the dark side, causing theForce storm he had summoned to go out of control, consuming him.

Description[]

Force harmony was aForce ability designated in the familiesControl,Sense, andAlter that allowed several willingForce-users to manifest the power of thelight side. Once in effect, it bathed the users in the illumination of the light side and could act as a shield againstdark side powers. The power could be kept up almost indefinitely, although a slight strain was put on whoever initiated the technique.^[1] For the duration that the ability was in use, the users would be united bythe Force in all its intensity. The energies of the light side would flow through them in waves and give them complete clarity in the Force.^[4]

The initiator could only link as many other Force-users to the chain as their Force energy allowed. The power could not cancel out the dark side, but it could distract its practitioners and make their actions more difficult to perform,^[1] and in some cases,cut them off from the dark side completely.^[5] Force harmony could also interrupt dark side abilities already in use by engulfing their users in waves of light side energy;^[1] those powers inherently difficult to control, such asForce storm, were especially susceptible to this interference.^[5]

The proximity between users in the chain, strength in the Force, andblood relation were all factors that could affect the intensity of this ability. In order to begin Force harmony, the initiator had to be adept inLife Sense andtelepathy.^[1] Relatively powerfulDerriphans, creatures of the dark side, could be defeated by a group of Force-users in a Force harmony chain by transferring light side Force energy to the creature.^[6]

Applications[]

AfterEmperorPalpatine resurrected himself in aclone body^[7] in10 ABY,^[8] he brought theJedi KnightLuke Skywalker to the dark side and trained him as hisapprentice. Skywalker'stwinsister,Leia Organa Solo, traveled to Palpatine'sflagship, theEclipse, and brought her brother back to the light side.^[5]

Once Palpatine summoned an incredibly destructive Force storm toannihilate theNew Republicfleet atPinnacle Base, Skywalker and Organa Solo brought their Force energies together and enveloped Palpatine in a wave of light side energy. Augmented by theirtwin bond and the strength of Organa Solo'sthird child, who was still in thewomb, the twins were easily able to cut Palpatine off from the dark side, causing him to lose control of his storm. The storm consumed Palpatine and theEclipse, but not before Skywalker and Organa Solo escaped the doomedship unharmed.^[5]

Users[]

SeveralJedi Knights andMasters of theOld Jedi Order, such asOod Bnar,Arca Jeth,^[2]Thon,^[9]Vima-Da-Boda,^[1]Taj Junak,^[10] andYoda, possessed the ability to initiate Force harmony.^[11] Additionally, the ancientDark Lord of the SithFreedon Nadd, a master of both Jedi andSith abilities, could conduct Force harmony.^[12] Elite members of theEmperor's Shadow Guard led byInquisitorValin Draco were also known to possess the ability.^[13]

Leia Organa Solo first learned of the ability from theTedryn Holocron. Theholocron'sgatekeeper,Bodo Baas, told her of aprophecy related to him by hisMaster almost athousandyears ago, which predicted that Skywalker and Organa Solo would defeat Palpatine together.^[5] Organa Solo realized the meaning behind the prophecy after confronting Palpatine on theEclipse,^[3] and joined her Force energy with Skywalker's. Skywalker, too, realized that the only way to combat Palpatine's dark side energies was through pure light and joined his sister. Combining their powers with Organa Solo's unborn child, Anakin Solo, the twins were able to vanquish Palpatine.^[5]

Behind the scenes[]

Force harmony first appeared in thesixth issue of theStar Wars: Dark Empirecomic book series, written byTom Veitch, illustrated byCam Kennedy,^[5] and published byDark Horse Comics onOctober 20,1992.^[14] It was also referenced in the issue'sendnotes.^[4] It was later named and given an expansion inMichael Allen Horne'sDark Empire Sourcebook^[1] and made an appearance in theaudio adaptation ofDark Empire.^[3]

The Official Star Wars Fact File 125 incorrectly describes this ability as a "storm of light-side energy," mistaking it for the Force storm that destroys theEclipse.^[15]

Appearances[]

• "Jaws of the Sarlacc" – Dawn of Defiancecampaign(Mentioned only)
• Dark Empire audio drama
• Dark Empire 6(First appearance)
• Dark Empire II 1(Mentioned inopening crawl)
• Empire's End 2

Sources[]

Non-canon sources[]

• "Star Wars Episode VII: Rise of the New Republic" —InQuest Gamer 50(Unlicensed)

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